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and she's up for re-election. there are heroes on the right republicans senator susan collins mark kirk, putt toomey and john mccain all voted for it. afterwards mccain showed no sympathy for his colleagues who had been cowed by the nr. >> i can't blame any interest group for votes. people who are responsible. drug war you must be high. >> "viewpoint" digs deep into the issues of the day. >> do you think that there is any chance we'll see this president even say the words "carbon tax"? >> with an open mind... >> has the time finally come for real immigration reform? >> ...and a distinctly satirical point of view. >> but you mentioned "great leadership" so i want to talk about donald rumsfeld. >> (laughter). >> watch the show. >> only on current tv. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> michael: let's go behind the lines now and look inside republican senator michigan mcconnell's victory laugh over the background checks gun amendment failing. the simple idea of extending background checks to gun shows and internet purchases s
and she's up for re-election. there are heroes on the right republicans senator susan collins mark kirk, putt toomey and john mccain all voted for it. afterwards mccain showed no sympathy for his colleagues who had been cowed by the nr. >> i can't blame any interest group for votes. people who are responsible. drug war you must be high. >> "viewpoint" digs deep into the issues of the day. >> do you think that there is any chance we'll see this president even say the...
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during the election, he was a lion. man, he tore mitt romney's face off, but when it's issues that aren't, you know, not necessarily related to his own personal career, not as much. >> cenk, that is exactly the thing that i find the most confusing about obama. here's a guy who during the election, he can run the new kind of campaign, exist in the new politics, he can get the dirty story told and also be the orator and be clean clean as a whistle up top. so he can do it all during the campaign, and then he wins the presidency. then to get it done, to push through legislation that has this kind of overwhelming popular support, he can't get it done. it's crazy to me. cenk: it's a matter of priorities mark, i'm telling you. it's the top priority for him to win, for himself personally, right? but the background check i think is a bit of an exception. i think he really did want that for his so-called legacy, as weak as i thought it was. everything else, you want me to water it down, keep 94 of the bush tax cuts and make them
during the election, he was a lion. man, he tore mitt romney's face off, but when it's issues that aren't, you know, not necessarily related to his own personal career, not as much. >> cenk, that is exactly the thing that i find the most confusing about obama. here's a guy who during the election, he can run the new kind of campaign, exist in the new politics, he can get the dirty story told and also be the orator and be clean clean as a whistle up top. so he can do it all during the...
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they could have elected his opponent and chose not to. wayne slater it is always fun. you can read wayne in the dallas daily news. there is a new documentary that tells the tail of a girl from birmingham alabama who made her way on to the fbi's most wanted list only to become a political icon. >> they began pulling in young tall black woman with a space between her teeth because they just had this description. headlines. real, gripping, current. documentaries... on current tv. >> michael: today in our march goes on series we take a look at one of the most notorious figures from the '70s, angela davis. news week asked . . . her alleged criminal actions branded her a terrorist, and spurred a global movement for her freedom as a political prisoner. and now 40 years after her acquittal on charges of murder kidnapping, and conspiracy a new film "free angela," gives us an inside look at the real woman. here is a piece of when days was extradited to california to new york. >> he indicated that he wanted the death penalty on each of the three charges, and he wanted the death p
they could have elected his opponent and chose not to. wayne slater it is always fun. you can read wayne in the dallas daily news. there is a new documentary that tells the tail of a girl from birmingham alabama who made her way on to the fbi's most wanted list only to become a political icon. >> they began pulling in young tall black woman with a space between her teeth because they just had this description. headlines. real, gripping, current. documentaries... on current tv. >>...
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>> i would say that women senator to get elected have to climb the double stair. succeed as professionals and confront gender stereo types. all of the polling tell us that a man can be unlikable and be qualified. women have to be likable and be qualified. so women at that high level of the united states senate who to be elected means they have to have proven their ability, and that's why i think women do a great job when we decide to work together. look at the work we have talked about on military sexual trauma having 20 women in the senate and 7 women on the armed services committee, means you are going to have hearings on this topic and there will be action on topics that women work on. >> michael: that's a compelling point you make. what specifically can they do say in this budget impasse? what can women senator do differently to bridge the divide than just some male senator who doesn't have to be likable. >> well, we can continue to talk. we are so proud to have here california two fantastic women. the more that we talk about the budget, the more we talk about
>> i would say that women senator to get elected have to climb the double stair. succeed as professionals and confront gender stereo types. all of the polling tell us that a man can be unlikable and be qualified. women have to be likable and be qualified. so women at that high level of the united states senate who to be elected means they have to have proven their ability, and that's why i think women do a great job when we decide to work together. look at the work we have talked about on...
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they think in the general election 4% of the people care most about this issue, even though 91% of the country disagrees with us, we might not pay a political price for it whereas we know the lobby--the gun lobby will make us pay a price for it. isn't that what is wrong with our structurally with the current democracy. >> of course that's what is wrong with it. weakening that lobby is a very important part of it. but also changing the rules of the senate is a part of it that has to meet that weakening halfway. and when you have these senators who are afraid to vote for something because of the grade they're going to get. max baucus when he said why he didn't vote for it, one word, montana. the nra and the crazy support of max baucus. i'm not going to say it's crazy to support max baucus because they got what they wanted but they're so supportive with money you understand why the senators vote in that way. you have to change the structure of the filibuster. noah is right with four democratic senators they only would have gotten to 59 but they shouldn't have to get past 59. they shouldn'
they think in the general election 4% of the people care most about this issue, even though 91% of the country disagrees with us, we might not pay a political price for it whereas we know the lobby--the gun lobby will make us pay a price for it. isn't that what is wrong with our structurally with the current democracy. >> of course that's what is wrong with it. weakening that lobby is a very important part of it. but also changing the rules of the senate is a part of it that has to meet...
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when you have 90% of the population going one way and your democratically elected representatives going another way. it may change. >> john: do you agree, seeing how the public has moved in issues like marriage equality is a precedent here? >> absolutely, and i think the politicians are going to have a surprise in 2014 if america can get their act together and say you're not payings attention to what we're saying. >> heidi heitkamp of north dakota, bill daily who donated $2,500 to her campaign said he was betrayed and said, quote i want my money back. will it matter if people will withhold their donations or will they get enough from the gun lobby to make up for it. what is this all about. >> we know about the revolving door of politics. in terms of how the money flows it's both sides. it's not just republicans who are receiving nra money. it goes both ways. and having posted a study to find out that background checks are more popular than kittens. >> john: more popular than christmas. >> i'm happy about that, i'm tired of kittens being on their high horse. >> after newtown happened, an
when you have 90% of the population going one way and your democratically elected representatives going another way. it may change. >> john: do you agree, seeing how the public has moved in issues like marriage equality is a precedent here? >> absolutely, and i think the politicians are going to have a surprise in 2014 if america can get their act together and say you're not payings attention to what we're saying. >> heidi heitkamp of north dakota, bill daily who donated...
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mitt romney won that district by 18 points in the last election in november. she's up by 9 over mark sanford. so he has himself some problems. >> when is that election? >> two weeks away. >> bill: coming up. maybe republicans should have thought twice before they figured they could bring mark sanford back. jim, ken is calling from san rafael california. ken, good morning. >> caller: good morning. i would like to ask the ambassador, are the noncombatants -- i don't know if they're noncombatants or not the ones still in guantanamo, that we do not deem to be a threat, have they been released? we heard almost a year ago that this decision was made that they weren't a problem. have they been released? if not why not? >> bill: good question, ken. >> the answer is no, they have not been released. there's 80 some of those people who have been cleared by all of the intelligence, military and law enforcement agencies. they have not been released. i'm not quite sure what the holdup is but as i understand is it, all that needs to be done is for the president to have his s
mitt romney won that district by 18 points in the last election in november. she's up by 9 over mark sanford. so he has himself some problems. >> when is that election? >> two weeks away. >> bill: coming up. maybe republicans should have thought twice before they figured they could bring mark sanford back. jim, ken is calling from san rafael california. ken, good morning. >> caller: good morning. i would like to ask the ambassador, are the noncombatants -- i don't know...
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heidi heitkamp just got elected. just got six years before she faces the voters again. >> that's the tough one. >> bill: she voted no. she's a good person. i like her. >> someone told me yesterday if we had gotten begich from alaska, we probably would have gotten mickowski. that didn't happen. there are some of these that are important. mary landrieu who people didn't think would show up. she showed up and voted the right way. we've got to make sure we single out people like mary, senator landrieu. >> bill: they're calling it the hall of shame. identify the 46 and people really put pressure on the 46. >> absolutely. >> bill: harry reid kept the bill alive under a procedural vote of his voting no so he can bring it back. and close enough. but you talk about another mistake. another seems to me royal mistake was we didn't get rid of the filibuster when we should have. or reform the filibuster. right? it is going to come back and bite us in the ass. >> pretty tough market every time to get 60 votes to pass common sense
heidi heitkamp just got elected. just got six years before she faces the voters again. >> that's the tough one. >> bill: she voted no. she's a good person. i like her. >> someone told me yesterday if we had gotten begich from alaska, we probably would have gotten mickowski. that didn't happen. there are some of these that are important. mary landrieu who people didn't think would show up. she showed up and voted the right way. we've got to make sure we single out people like...
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we have a special election in nine days for john kerry's senate seat, and so this is a crewucial time. the deadline to file papers to run for mayor is fine pages long. and so return to sports and politics, and people getting back out to the restaurants and bars to the dunk -- dunk endonuts are buzzing this morning. >> bill: so is david ortiz going to run for mayor of boston? [ laughter ] >> i think he picked up a fie votes with his speech at fenway the other day. >> bill: i think papa could be elected with acclamation. >> without a doubt. >> bill: hey wesley thank you so much for your time this morning, and for your good work up there. >> of course. any time. thank you for having us. >> bill: ""boston globe,"" they were on top of this although they did screw up with cnn last wednesday. >> a lot of people pointed out on twitter, look you want to show your support to how these folks covered this? get a subscription to your local newspaper. >> bill: yeah, absolutely, ""boston globe"" is a damn damn good newspapers. i think he is right own the lockdown. some people are critical of it. the
we have a special election in nine days for john kerry's senate seat, and so this is a crewucial time. the deadline to file papers to run for mayor is fine pages long. and so return to sports and politics, and people getting back out to the restaurants and bars to the dunk -- dunk endonuts are buzzing this morning. >> bill: so is david ortiz going to run for mayor of boston? [ laughter ] >> i think he picked up a fie votes with his speech at fenway the other day. >> bill: i...
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who's up for re-election. who's in a pro gun state? who is the cost to them for taking a vote on this? and whether the president invites them over for dinner or not, i don't think it is going to make a difference. if they're up for re-election in 2014, they're going to lose. the nra will dump a ton of money and back a candidate against them. oh, okay because the president has you for dinner and says you have to do this. they're going to do it? baloney. and at the end of the day the song "god is watching" but we, the voters, we have to be watching too. that's the thing. we have to be watching and we have to be calling and we have to be taking action. and i know that it's hard to do but we have to. because the nra is -- and the nra membership and when, you know, small percentages of people show up to vote in primaries and show up to vote, period, and then we complain about it we gotta get to the polls and we gotta get our friends and neighbor to the polls. >> stephanie: don't get me wrong, i wish the president would give the assault weap
who's up for re-election. who's in a pro gun state? who is the cost to them for taking a vote on this? and whether the president invites them over for dinner or not, i don't think it is going to make a difference. if they're up for re-election in 2014, they're going to lose. the nra will dump a ton of money and back a candidate against them. oh, okay because the president has you for dinner and says you have to do this. they're going to do it? baloney. and at the end of the day the song...
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surviving brother -- i'm sorry, the older brother, the 26-year-old was a registered voter, and had voted in elections the last couple of years. >> stephanie: interesting. eric holder yesterday. >> i want to assure you, the citizens of boston and all americans that we are working tirelessly to determine who was responsible for this incident. >> stephanie: and as you were saying david again is this indicative at all of a larger organization or just another guy, this unnamed suspect? >> yeah that's one of the things, if they can take the younger brother alive is it possible these were just a couple of knuckle heads acting on their own because of their perverted belief about islam, or did they get sophisticated help? and these are all of the reasons that police have literally thousands of agents tracking down every family and friend of these two brothers just so see what are the sections that they have had, did they get any help and where did the help come from? >> james clapper yesterday. >> we don't know yet whether the attack was planned and executed by a terrorist organization, foreign or domestic or
surviving brother -- i'm sorry, the older brother, the 26-year-old was a registered voter, and had voted in elections the last couple of years. >> stephanie: interesting. eric holder yesterday. >> i want to assure you, the citizens of boston and all americans that we are working tirelessly to determine who was responsible for this incident. >> stephanie: and as you were saying david again is this indicative at all of a larger organization or just another guy, this unnamed...
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my question is you should not be worried about the election. this is too fundamental to go against not only democracy, but denying a vote on the floor of the u.s. senate literally has no justification. >> stephanie: yeah. yeah. literally. the president's press secretary yesterday, jay carney. >> the newtown families are here because their children were murdered. they are asking for the senate to do something that is common sense. >> stephanie: i can't imagine a sadder day for american. the six year olds were blown away at point-blank range, and the united states congress woman who was shot in the face and we can't even get enough democrats to vote for this? where are we politically in america and where do we go from here? >> you may hear from my tone that i'm a little bit of horse. this is a different reaction than i usually have. i write a column purple nation where i try to look at things both ways. i am somewhat astonished but i see no nuance on the question to democrats how could you not allow a vote on this? and i want those names, and the
my question is you should not be worried about the election. this is too fundamental to go against not only democracy, but denying a vote on the floor of the u.s. senate literally has no justification. >> stephanie: yeah. yeah. literally. the president's press secretary yesterday, jay carney. >> the newtown families are here because their children were murdered. they are asking for the senate to do something that is common sense. >> stephanie: i can't imagine a sadder day for...
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but you have the guys up for re election that are running. senator pryor, senator hagan, these are folks that will be running really hard races. so the democrats are counting seats, and when you have someone who is going to retire, it's going to be a fight for them. >> bill: and the same thing for the senator in iowa, red-blue state, but not blue. >> yeah, there's two harkin in iowa that state is a little bit more swing state. louisiana a red state, but she is a 12-year incumbent, she has run before, so she is a little less vulnerable but the cards are starting to stack one way against the senate demes, and they are going to need a lot of money and a lot of campaigns. >> bill: yeah, when the team of horses is retiring it is going to make it even tougher. speaking for another senator who is up for reelection on the other side lindsey graham who is doing everything he can to head off a tea party challenger i think, and keeping his name out in the public so he is on every sunday talk show every sunday every one of them, and a couple of days ago
but you have the guys up for re election that are running. senator pryor, senator hagan, these are folks that will be running really hard races. so the democrats are counting seats, and when you have someone who is going to retire, it's going to be a fight for them. >> bill: and the same thing for the senator in iowa, red-blue state, but not blue. >> yeah, there's two harkin in iowa that state is a little bit more swing state. louisiana a red state, but she is a 12-year incumbent,...
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i think the political lesson, republicans learned in the last election was they can no longer take such an extremist approach to issues of immigration. >> bill: as somebody put it, it will happen because democrats want it and republicans need it. >> that's right. think about the political distance we've traveled in such a short period of time. we've gone from november where the republican presidential candidate said he would veto the dream act right? it would allow young people the opportunity to work toward citizenship. >> bill: where he was talking about self-deportation. >> here we are. you know, eight months later. where we're talking about the possibility of a bipartisan immigration reform bill. so let's just keep the momentum moving. it is really going to be important that people be engaged this issue. >> bill: is there the same willingness to cooperate and maybe hammer out a compromise agreement on immigration reform in the house as we've seen in the senate? >> well, interestingly, there is a bipartisan group in the house that has also been negotiating immigration reform. that be
i think the political lesson, republicans learned in the last election was they can no longer take such an extremist approach to issues of immigration. >> bill: as somebody put it, it will happen because democrats want it and republicans need it. >> that's right. think about the political distance we've traveled in such a short period of time. we've gone from november where the republican presidential candidate said he would veto the dream act right? it would allow young people the...